California Woman’s Arrest Illustrates Stupidity Of Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

Surprisingly, many anti-gunners will note that gun control laws really do only impact the law-abiding. However, they argue that if law-abiding citizens can’t get guns, then how will criminals get them? In other words, if we’re choked off from our supply of legal weapons, then the criminals will eventually run out of their supply of stolen guns as there aren’t any more left to steal.

This is an argument I’ve seen start to work on some folks. After all, there’s a certain degree of sense to it. Not much, but enough that if you don’t understand the issue, it might be enough to sway you.

In response to that, however, I’d like to point out that guns can come through the exact same pipeline as drugs. In fact, they already do.

Alexis Sanchez, 20, was part of a conspiracy to smuggle firearms from Tennessee, where there are no background check for private firearms purchases, to California, according to U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott. The weapons included AR-15 rifles. In a plea agreement, Sanchez acknowledged neither she nor other conspirators possessed federal firearms licenses.

According to the Tennessee website Knox News, Rafael “Ralphie” Sanchez, another conspirator, the group shipped edible …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms